last update: October 05, 2008

 

 

YV-2243

24118/0163
 
Roll out 07/01/1988

First flight 01/02/1988
Type 236 (ET)
Engines Rolls Royce RB211-535E4
Selcal EK-LS
Configuration C12Y154
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Photos photo 1 photo 2 photo 3  

 

Date

Registration

 Remarks
01/03/1988 G-BNSD del Air Europe.
03/03/1988 G-BNSD arr London/Gatwick as AE001P.
13/12/1988 EC-204 lt Air Europa.
---/12/1988 EC-EMA Air Europa; re-rgd.
09/11/1989 G-BNSD ret Air Europe.
20/11/1989 G-BNSD rgd to AE Finance Ltd.
12/03/1990 G-BNSD ferried London/Gatwick-Düsseldorf as AOE964P for lease to Air Europe Germany/NFD.
17/03/1990 G-BNSD lt Nurnberger Flugdienst.
---/---/1990 D-AOEA Nurnberger Flugdienst - not taken up.
03/04/1990 G-BNSD at Frankfurt with blue sun logo on tail.
05/11/1990 G-BNSD ret Air Europe & ferried Cologne-London/Gatwick as NFD6023.
07/03/1991 G-BNSD last service: Lanzerote-London/Gatwick as AOE081.
08/03/1991 G-BNSD Air Europe ceased operations due to bankruptcy of its parent International Leisure Group.
15/03/1991 G-BNSD repossessed by Citibank.
28/03/1991 G-BNSD ferried London/Gatwick-Lasham for storage.
20/04/1991 G-BNSD at Lasham in basic Air Europe c/s.
---/12/1991 G-BNSD at Lasham minus engines.
06/03/1992 G-BNSD still at Lasham; for Transavia Airlines.
11/03/1992 G-BNSD ferried Lasham-London/stansted as BOE757 for repaint in Transavia Airlines c/s.
08/04/1992 G-BNSD arr Amsterdam in full Transavia Airlines c/s.
08/04/1992 PH-TKY lt Transavia.
13/04/1992 PH-TKY rgd to Transavia Airlines.
18/03/1993 PH-TKY ret Boeing Equipment Holding Company.
26/03/1993 N769BE Boeing Eqjuipment Holding Company; re-rgd.
---/03/1993 N769BE at Wichita for overhaul.
29/07/1993 N769BE rgd to Wilmington Trust Company.
01/08/1993 N769BE lt China Southern Airlines.
03/09/1993 N769BE at Hong Kong in full China Southern Airlines c/s.
03/08/1998 N769BE ret Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management.
20/09/1998 N769BE at Everett in all white c/s.
22/10/1998 N769BE bt BBAM Aircraft Holdings 26 Inc.
22/10/1998 N769BE registration cancelled.
26/10/1998 C-GRYO lt Royal Aviation Inc.
04/11/1998 C-GRYO rgd to Royal Aviation Inc.
24/03/1999 C-GRYO bt PALS I Inc. (from Zhuhai Company Ltd)..
24/03/1999 C-GRYO lease to Royal Aviation continues.
---/03/2001 C-GRYO Royal Aviation was taken over by Canada 3000 Airlines.
---/---/2001 C-GRYO seen in basic Royal Aviation c/s, Canada 3000 titles & logo.
16/10/2001 C-GRYO ferried Toronto-Southend for repaint in full Canada 3000 Airlines c/s.
27/10/2001 C-GRYO ferried Southend-Shannon-Toronto in Canada 3000 Airlines c/s.
09/11/2001 C-GRYO Canada 3000 Airlines stopped their activities due to financial difficulties.
---/11/2001 C-GRYO parked at Toronto.
20/11/2001 C-GRYO at Toronto; parked.
22/01/2002 N958PG ret PALS I Inc.
23/01/2002 N958PG rgd to PALS I Inc.
27/01/2002 N958PG at Goodyear; stored.
18/03/2002 N958PG at Goodyear in full Canada 3000 Airlines c/s; stored.
02/06/2002 N958PG at Goodyear; stored.
---/06/2002 N958PG ferried Goodyear-Paine Field.
14/08/2002 N958PG at Everett with blue tail and "TMA" titles in teal.
11/09/2002 N958PG at Atlanta in full TransMeridian c/s.
16/09/2002 N958PG at Atlanta in Delta Airlines hangar - crew emercency evacuation training.
20/09/2002 N958PG lt TransMeridian Airlines.
15/09/2003 N958PG sub-lt Avianca Colombia.
20/09/2003 N958PG to arrive in Bogoto.
26/09/2003 N958PG at Panama City in basic TransMeridian c/s & Avianca Colombia fuselage titles.
31/01/2004 N958PG to be returned to TransMeridian Airlines.
10/03/2004 N958PG at Miami in full TransMeridian c/s.
09/05/2004 N958PG at Miami in full "John Kerry" c/s (Democrate presidential candidate).
29/06/2004 N958PG arr Phoenix and name "Edwards" was added behind "Kerry".
21/11/2004 N958PG at Miami, now without Kerry-Edwards titles (removed after 08/11/2005).
04/02/2005 N958PG at Jacksonville, still in "John Kerry" c/s, with TransMeridian Airlines titles & TMA tail logo.
01/09/2005 N958PG opf TCS Expeditions and departed Boston for 23 day roundtrip to Funchal - Mail - Namibia - South Africa - Botswana - Zambia - Madagascar - Tanzania - Egyot - Morocco and back to Boston in basic "John Kerry" c/s & TCS Expeditions titles in fuselage.
30/09/2005 N958PG TransMeridian Airlines shuts down all operations.
14/01/2006 N958PG at Miami in basic "John Kerry" c/s & no titles.
08/03/2006 N958PG at Miami in basic "John Kerry" c/s & no titles.
02/09/2006 N958PG at Miami; stored.
03/10/2006 N958PG registration cancelled.
06/10/2006 YV-2243 lt Santa Barbara Airlines.
---/10/2006 YV-2243 at Caracas.
18/10/2006 YV-2243 in service.
30/09/2008 YV-2243 at Miami in 2008 Santa Barbara Airlines c/s.